Japanese Persimmon Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. honey
1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. oil
1 egg
1 c. persimmon pulp
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. chopped nuts
1 c. raisins
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. whole wheat flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. each nutmeg and powdered cloves

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Cream together honey, butter and oil. Beat
egg
lightly\tand
add.
Prepare persimmon pulp by cutting persimmon
in
half.
Scoop out the pulp, removing any seeds, and break up the fruit with your fingertips.
Dissolve baking soda
in pulp.
Combine
persimmon with honey mixture. Stir nuts,
raisins and salt into flour.
Add cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
Stir
dry ingredients
into
wet
ones.
Drop by heaping teaspoons
onto oiled cookie sheets.
Bake 20 minutes. Makes 3 dozen.